Benfica were defeated for the 8th time in the Europa Cup finals of the europa league by Sevilla.
The portuguese league champions ,Benfica went into the match looking to put an end to the infamous "Guttman Curse" . Benfica's Hungarian coach of the early 1960s Bela Guttmann led the club to back-to-back European Cups but left shortly after the second of those triumphs when he was refused a pay rise.Before going he declared that Benfica would never win another European competition without him at the helm. Fifty-two years on, they have still to prove him wrong.
after ninety minutes of relentless attacking , defending, benfica failed to get the best out of sevilla .Benfica had the better chances in normal time and were denied two strong claims for penalties. The officials then failed to punish Sevilla goalkeeper Beto twice coming off his line to make the crucial saves in the shootout form Oscar Cardozo and Rodrigo. Instead, Kevin Gameiro struck home the winning penalty as Sevilla, who were only in the competition after Malaga and Rayo Vallecano were denied entry, were faultless from the spot to claim their third victory in the competition in the last nine seasons.
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